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Facts About Wisconsin Transportation Funding
The Joint Finance Committee is expected to put its approval on a plan on Thursday, May 26 that would dramatically increase funding for new highways while cutting aids to local roads, road repairs, road maintenance and transit. The plan submitted by Governor Scott Walker would also consolidate the power to build new highways in the […]
Read more about "Facts About Wisconsin Transportation Funding"WHO PAYS FOR ROADS IN WISCONSIN?
Prepared by the Center on Wisconsin Strategy Transportation is one of the biggest-ticket items for state and local government, as well as citizens and business. The cost is high, but so is misunderstanding of who pays for what. And that leads to bad political and market decisions. MYTH: Roads in Wisconsin “pay for themselves” through […]
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A Powerful Woman When I put together the first board of 1000 Friends of Wisconsin the first person I asked to serve was Emily Earley. Formidable is the best way to describe her. Other good words are blunt, outspoken, tough, but also kind, caring, warm. I got to know Emily when she was on the […]
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The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board memorialized the late conservation icon Bud Jordahl by naming a segment of the Lower Wisconsin River after him. Bud was a founding board member of 1000 Friends of Wisconsin. Bud was a tireless advocate for natural resources protection in Wisconsin and has been widely recognized for his numerous achievements including […]
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